[Prior Code, § 130.010]
All officers elected or appointed to offices under the City government, shall be qualified voters under the laws and constitution of the state and the ordinances of the City, except that appointed police officers, the City Attorney and other employees having only administrative duties need not be registered voters of the City. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office who shall, at the time, be in arrears for any unpaid City taxes or forfeiture or defalcation in office. All officers except appointed police officers, the City Attorney and other employees having only ministerial duties shall be residents of the City.
[Prior Code, § 130.020]
(A) 
Every officer of this City and his or her assistants, and every Alderman, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in the county, or the City Clerk, that he or she possesses all the qualifications prescribed for his or her office by law that he or she will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, the provisions of all the laws of this state affecting cities of this class, and the ordinances of this City, and faithfully demean himself while in office, which official oath or affirmation shall be filed with the City Clerk.
(B) 
The Mayor, the City Clerk, and the President fo the Board of Aldermen shall, within 15 days after his or her appointment or election, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his or her office, give bond to the City of $25,000, conditioned upon faithful performance of his or her duty, and that he or she will pay over all monies belonging to the City, as provided by law, that may come into his or her hands.
(C) 
If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, or to give bond as herein required, his or her office shall be deemed vacant. For any breach of condition of any such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the City, or by any person in the name of the City to the use of such person.
[Prior Code, § 130.030; Res. passed 12-1-1997]
(A) 
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to fix the compensation of all officers and employees of the City, by resolution, but the salary of an officer shall not be changed during the time for which he or she was elected.
(B) 
The Mayor is given the authority to issue payment for the ordinary and regular salaries of the City employees as the Board may hereafter designate, on a semi-monthly basis, without abatement or enhancement, so long as such employee has continued to perform his or her job during that period.
[Prior Code, § 130.050]
(A) 
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of the Board of Aldermen, remove from office, for cause shown, any elected officer of this City, such officer being first given opportunity, together with his or her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Aldermen, sitting as a board of impeachment.
(B) 
Any elective officer including the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
(C) 
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of the Board of Aldermen, remove from office any appointive officer of the City at will and any such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
(D) 
The Board of Aldermen may pass resolutions regulating the manner of impeachments and removals.
(E) 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Mayor, with the consent of the majority of all the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, or the Board of Aldermen by a two-thirds vote of all its members, to remove or discharge any chief, as that term is defined in RSMo. § 106.273.
[Prior Code, § 130.180]
(A) 
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of the Board of Aldermen, shall have power to appoint such officers as he or she may be authorized by ordinance to appoint.
(B) 
If deemed for the best interest of the City, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen may, by ordinance, employ special counsel to represent the City, either in a case of a vacancy in the office of City Attorney or to assist the City Attorney, and pay reasonable compensation therefor.
[Prior Code, § 130.190]
(A) 
The duties, powers and privileges of officers of every character in any way connected with the City, not defined in the state statutes, shall be prescribed by ordinance.
(B) 
Bonds may be required of any such officer for faithfulness in office in all respects.
[Prior Code, § 130.200; Prior Code, § 130.210]
(A) 
It shall be the duty of all the officers of the City to report annually to the Board of Aldermen, such reports to embrace a full statement of the receipts and expenditures of their respective offices, and such other matters as may be required of them by the Board of Aldermen, by ordinance, resolution or otherwise.
(B) 
The Mayor or Board of Aldermen shall have power, as often as he or she or they may deem it necessary, to require any officer of the City to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers or records, and to make reports to the Board of Aldermen, in writing, touching any matter relating to his or her office.
[Prior Code, § 140.050; Prior Code § 140.060]
(A) 
The City extended to all eligible employees and officials of the City the benefits of the System of Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance, authorized by the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950, and by Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of Missouri as of August 13, 1951.
(B) 
The City elected to accept the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law of Missouri, as set forth in the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1986, and amendments thereafter.